J Korean Med Sci.  2013 Apr;28(4):580-585. 10.3346/jkms.2013.28.4.580.

Association between Maternal Characteristics and Neonatal Birth Weight in a Korean Population Living in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, Korea: A Birth Cohort Study (COCOA)

• Shin YH
• Choi SJ
• Kim KW
• Yu J
• Ahn KM
• Kim HY
• Seo JH
• Kwon JW
• Kim BJ
• Kim HB
• Shim JY
• Kim WK
• Song DJ
• Lee SY
• Lee SY
• Jang GC
• Kwon JY
• Lee KJ
• Park HJ
• Lee PR
• Won HS
• Hong SJ

• KMID: 1786967
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2013.28.4.580

Abstract

Previous studies suggest that maternal characteristics may be associated with neonatal outcomes. However, the influence of maternal characteristics on birth weight (BW) has not been adequately determined in Korean populations. We investigated associations between maternal characteristics and BW in a sample of 813 Korean women living in the Seoul metropolitan area, Korea recruited using data from the prospective hospital-based COhort for Childhood Origin of Asthma and allergic diseases (COCOA) between 2007 and 2011. The mean maternal age at delivery was 32.3 +/- 3.5 yr and prepregnancy maternal body mass index (BMI) was 20.7 +/- 2.5 kg/m2. The mean BW of infant was 3,196 +/- 406 g. The overall prevalence of a maternal history of allergic disease was 32.9% and the overall prevalence of allergic symptoms was 65.1%. In multivariate regression models, prepregnancy maternal BMI and gestational age at delivery were positively and a maternal history of allergic disease and nulliparity were negatively associated with BW (all P < 0.05). Presence of allergic symptoms in the mother was not associated with BW. In conclusion, prepregnancy maternal BMI, gestational age at delivery, a maternal history of allergic disease, and nulliparity may be associated with BW, respectively.

Keyword

Cohort Studies; Birth Weight; Infant, Newborn; Mothers; Family Characteristic; Body Mass Index; Allergy and Immunology

MeSH Terms

Adult
*Birth Weight
Body Mass Index
Cohort Studies
Female
Gestational Age
Humans
Hypersensitivity/diagnosis/epidemiology
Infant, Newborn
Linear Models
Male
*Mothers
Parity
Pregnancy
Republic of Korea/epidemiology

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  Fig. 1 Flow chart of study population.

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